Placebo – Space Monkey (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

Verse:
(The timings and rhythm may be wrong but you should get the idea)
  G* F            G*
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D-6/333333333333/66666/
A-6/333333333333/66666/
E-4/111111111111/44444/...
G* F G* Space monkey in the place to be F G* Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound F G* shooting the moon, playing dominoes in drag F G* An increase in population of a hundred percent Space monkey in the place to be with a chemical peel and a picture of Mary out on a limb in the carnival of me C B raising the temperature one hundred degrees Chorus:(tab)
  C*        C        F                  Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666-|
E----------------------------------------------|
Chorus(chords, shows you where the changes are) C* C F we're sown together Eb she’s born to mesmer C* C F beside, astride her Eb I die inside her
Verse 2:
(The timings and rhythm may be wrong but you should get the idea)
  G* F           G*
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D-6/333333333333/66666/
A-6/333333333333/66666/
E-4/111111111111/44444/...
space monkey in the place to be a mass of contradictions in a golden frame raising the roof in a calamity way completely meretricious of a poke in the eye space monkey in the place to be talk of the town with a Columbian rock out on a limb in the carnival of me raising the temperature 100 degrees
Chorus 2 (tab)
  C*       C        F                  Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666---|
E------------------------------------------------|  X2

then
  C*        C       F                  G          G*
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/1010101010/111111--|
E---------------------------------------------------------| X2
Chorus 2 (chords): C* C F we're sown together Eb she’s born to mesmer C* C F beside, astride her Eb I die inside her C* C F its far too sacred G (G*) don’t ever fake it C* C F G (G*) and don’t don’t don’t let me down Bridge: Like you let me down before Like you let me down before (Piano part, transcribed for guitar)
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------13-12--|
D-10-12-13-10--10-12-13-10--10-12-13--10-12-13--10-12-13------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------| x2
space monkey in the place to be with some free-association and a hole in her head out on a limb in the carnival of me raising the temperature 100 degrees
then this:
  G*               G
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G-1313131313131313/1212121212121212
D-1313131313131313/1212121212121212
A-1111111111111111/1010101010101010  X2   (this can however carry on into
E----------------------------------        the chorus)

Chorus 3 (tab)
  C*       C        F                  Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666---|
E------------------------------------------------|  X2

then
  C*        C       F                  G          G*
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/1010101010/111111--|
E---------------------------------------------------------| X2
Chorus 3 (chords): C* C F we're sown together Eb she’s born to mesmer C* C F beside, astride her Eb I die inside her C* C F its far too sacred G (G*) don’t ever fake it C* C F G (G*) and don’t don’t don’t let me down Outro: like you let me down before like you let me down before like you let me down before like you let me down before